Occupy Wall Street

Activity: 

Gandhi goes to Wall Street

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

Questions: Please answer in full sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

1. To what other events does the author compare the Wall Street Protests?

2. How does Alexander Holmes feel about his arrest? Do you agree? Why or why not?

3. Why is non-violence effective according to Gene Sharp? (Please explain in your own words)

4. Why is it “audacious” for King to believe “that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits”?

Activity: 

Observations at Zuccotti Park

Record your observations:

§ What are some things that you see?

§ What are some things that you hear?

Evaluate: (When possible, take a picture to go along with your answers)

1. What is one thing that you find most interesting? Why?

2. What is one thing that surprises you? Why?

3. What is one thing that you think is effective? Why?

4. What is one thing that you think is ineffective? Why?

Photograph: 

Take a photo of a sign that catches your attention.

What do you think is the message?

Interview:

Talk to 3 different people. Ask each one of them why they chose to be here and record some of their reasons and ideas on this sheet.

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